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Ice Piton - homemade

Accession Number

1412.2017.1

Object Name

Ice Piton - homemade

Created

19/10/2017

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

19/10/2017

Brief Description

Homemade channel ice piton. Round hanger which is attached through hole in solid body. Hollowed out cylinder shape, rounded at bottom.

Materials

metal

Dimensions

23.5(L) x 7(circumference) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Colour

silver

Maker

Dick Gowers

Provenance

We’ve a few ice pitons in the collection, but this one is a wee bit different since it looks to be homemade. Just about everything that is not homemade usually has a maker’s name so the lack of one is a good clue.
It came from the collection of Dick Gowers who was climbing way back in the 1930’s - a time when there was little commercially available gear so folk made their own; often in the shipyards where many of the early Scottish climbers worked.
Thanks to Dick’s grandson, Stephen Gibson, for passing on this wee bit of climbing history.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Stephen Gibson

Acquisition Date

19/10/2017

Condition Check Date

19/10/2017

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

19/10/2017

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